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The sun flower as a type of flowering plants by Anne B. Jewett, 1890

The Sun Flower as a Type of Flowering Plants by Anne B. Jewett, 1890, Page 68

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65. manufacture of evap. The seeds are also valued for their agreeable flavour, and are much used as food for poultry. The leaves are fed to cattle, and the flowers yield good honey. The planting of sun-flowers is reputed to be a preventative of miasmatic fevers. The pith is sometimes used instead of the true moxa. Few plants so exhaust the soil of potash, the constituent in which most
 
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